We would like to extend to you and your team an invitation to participate in this year's Rough Rider Invitational. The meet is held at Woodward Park in Fresno. This year's race is scheduled for Friday, October 13th. The varsity races use the same course that is used in the CIF State Meet. The meet is divided into large and small school divisions. The break between the large and small school divisions is based on your school's enrollment. Enrollment of 1750 or more will place you in the large school division, under 1750 will place you in the small school division. If you choose to enter and do not show, you still will be charged the team maximum entry fee for the meet.

*Registration:

1) Confirm team entry into race through athletic.net, no later than 9/29/17. Athletic.net entry confirms your attendance to Rough Rider Invite. If you have questions about entering through athletic.net you can send questions to:

2) Runners MAY be moved between races up to the start of the race. However, if a runner runs more than one race, or if a chronotrack timing chip is used by multiple runners, your team will be disqualified from all races. Cost of the event is $300 for full team ($8 per runner). Late submissions cannot be guaranteed entry, and will be subject to a late fee ($4 per runner).

3) Payment, or arrangements for payment, must be done by October 4th, or team may be disqualified.

Awards: medals to the top 25 in each race, trophies to the top 2 teams in each race, special award to the individual winners in each varsity race, and a special award to the best overall combined boys/girls team in the following races- F/S small and large school divisions, and Varsity small and large school divisions.

Individual Races: There are unlimited entries in all races, but only your first 7 finishers will count towards team scoring. Name changes or the substitution of runnersmade the day of the race may be subject to an additional fee.